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Track: jesus is a rochdale girl
Artist: Elbow
Album: build a rocket boys!

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elbow (official capitalization) is an alternative rock band from, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1990, originally called Mr. Soft (later shortened to Soft) and comprised of guitarist and back up vocalist Mark Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Guy Garvey was asked by Mark to join the band when they met at college (both were 16 at the time). Mark's brother keyboardist and back up vocalist Craig Potter joined soon afterwards. They changed their name to "elbow" in 1997 after Guy heard a character from a BBC TV Drama "The Singing Detective" say that the word "elbow" is the most sensual word in the English language, not for its definition, but for how it feels to say and how it looks on the page. They were also signed by [a=Island Records] in 1997, but due to a takeover and indie band jettison-attitude by [l=Universal] in 1998, their [a=Steve Osborne] produced debut album was scrapped. Only a self-issued (now) ultra rare E.P. and a compilation appearance of one of the songs document this period. In 2000 they put out their first release proper, an E.P. on a small indie label [l=Ugly Man Records] before they were eventually signed to Richard Branson's [l=V2] in 2001. Winner of the 2008 Mercury Prize (for best British album) for [i]The Seldom Seen Kid[/i]. Drummer Richard Jupp left the band of his own choice to pursue drum tutoring in 2016.

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Release: Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
Year: 2011
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

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LYRICS

I have a drop-leaf window
With cats and broken yards
Sunflowers and paint cans
And stolen shopping carts
And nothing to be proud of
And nothing to regret
All of that to make as yet
All of that to make as yet

I have a single heartbreak
I celebrate and mourn
A single shining sister
And all the tricks of dawn

A single yellow duvet
A single switch to flick
But a thousand boxes yet to tick
A thousand boxes yet to tick

And Jesus is a Rochdale girl
And forty-five CDs
Got a house that you can smoke in
So all my friends found me

And they found me full of myself
And bloody-minded will
And as yet a box to fill
And as yet a box to fill